My C.V.

Arielle A. Anderson

August 2012

Education
Expected 2017    Ph.D.    Biology, The Pennsylvania State University

2012                    B.S.      Biochemistry, University of Minnesota

Research Experience

2012                Origins of Life Initiative: Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Harvard University

Project title: Proteomics analysis of chronic versus acute thermotolerance in a hydrothermal vent polychaete, Paralvinella sulfincola

                        Mentor:  Dr. Peter Girguis, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary

                        Biology

2012                Directed Research, University of Minnesota

                        Project title: Interspecies differential expression of the sea urchin

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                        Mentor: Dr. David Matthes, Genetics, Cell Biology and Development

2011                NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates, Bermuda Institute for     
                        Ocean Science

                        Project title: Cellular oxidative damage in sea urchin models of aging

                        Mentor: Dr. Andrea Bodnar, Molecular biology

2011                Directed Research, University of Minnesota

                        Project title: Soudan Mine microbial ecology: correlation of siderophore-  
                        producing microbes with microhabitat

                        Mentor: Dr. Christine Salomon, Center for Drug Design (natural       
                        products)

2009-2010       Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, University of   
                         Minnesota

                        Project title: Formation of hydrogen peroxide under deep-sea    
                        hydrothermal conditions

                        Mentor: Dr. William E. Seyfried , Earth Sciences

                       

Abstracts

            Anderson, A.A., Bodnar, A.B. (2012) Oxidative cellular damage in sea urchin

            models of aging.  Society for Free Radical Research International 16^th Biennial

            Conference, London, UK

Anderson AA, Seyfried WE (2010) Formation of hydrogen peroxide under deep-sea hydrothermal conditions.  National Conference for Undergraduate Research, Ithaca, NY.

Field, Specializations and Interests

Marine biodiversity with respect to its discovery, conservation, applications to human health and understanding at the molecular level; hydrothermal vent ecology; astrobiology; evolution, especially with respect to cellular adaptations to the toxicity of reactive oxygen species; systems biology

Invited Talks

2010    ESCI 1006: Oceanography, University of Minnesota

            Title: The Evolutionary History and Conservation Biology of Sharks 

Workshops and meetings

2012    Pacific Northwest National Laboratory EMSL User Meeting, Richland, WA

2011    UNOLS Deep Submergence Science Committee (DeSSC) Annual Community        
            Meeting, San Francisco, CA

2011    American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA

2011    Practical NMR Workshop, University of Minnesota

Teaching Experience

2012    Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, BIOC 4025: Laboratory in Biochemistry

Travel awards

2012    NSF BIO REU Travel Scholarship; London, UK

2011    UNOLS DeSSC Annual Community Meeting Financial Support; San Francisco, CA

2010    National Conference for Undergraduate Research Travel Assistance; Ithaca, NY

Honors, Memberships and Certifications

2011    Society for Free Radical Biology and Medicine, Member

2011    Spring semester, Dean’s List at the University of Minnesota, College of    
            Biological Sciences

2008    SCUBA certified: NAUI Open Water Certified

Internships and Volunteer Work

2010    Bimini Biological Field Station; Bimini, Bahamas

            Research assistant

2008    The Minnesota Zoo; Apple Valley, MN

            Aquariums Intern

2007    Como Zoo; St. Paul, MN

            Aquatics assistant

Technical Skills

Laboratory

            Skills and equipment used in research experience:

DNA extraction, protein homogenization, DNA gel electrophoresis, ELISA assays, UV/Visible spectrophotometry, column chromatography, PCR, 16S rRNA gene sequencing analysis (NCBI BLAST), optimization of microbial culturing from environmental sediment and liquid samples, rotary evaporator, sea urchin dissection, microarray analysis, proteomics analysis